April Lynch is an author whose work focuses on health and medicine, especially developments in how our understanding of the human genome and genetics is reshaping our lives. As an award-winning journalist, she has directed coverage of health, medicine, and science for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's leading newspaper. She has also written extensively for university textbooks on the topics of health, biology, nutrition, and environmental science, and done work in content development and consumer education for genomics firm Navigenics.